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  • Laura Denman, ARNP, CNM

    Laura Denman

    Specialties

    • Primary: Midwifery
    • Secondary: Women's Health

    Languages Spoken

    • Primary: English

    Locations

    Midwives Clinic
    4033 Talbot Road South, Suite 440
    Renton, WA, 98055
    Phone: 425.656.5321
    Fax: 425.656.5319

    Biography

    Education
    Ohio State University - BS Nursing, 1981
    University of Illinois-Chicago - MS Nurse-Midwifery, 1986

    Midwifery positions: North Central Bronx Hospital, Bronx, New York; Bay Area Midwifery Service, San Francisco, CA. Prior to coming to Valley Medical Center, Laura was a member of the Highline Midwifery Service for 13 years.

    Laura made nurse-midwifery her career goal very early in life and, after 25 years of attending women in labor and caring for them before, during and after their pregnancies, she still says she's very happy with her decision. She remains awed by the power of birth and motherhood, and feels privileged to provide healthcare and education to women throughout their childbearing years.

    Laura lives in Burien with her husband, two teenage sons and two cats. She enjoys reading, gardening, walking early in the morning with her friends, and exploring the beach at low tide.

    Other Info

    Gender: Female
    Board Certified: Yes
    Affiliation: Valley Medical Group Providers

  • Kirsten Garner, ARNP, CNM

    Kirsten Garner

    Specialties

    • Primary: Midwifery
    • Secondary: Women's Health

    Languages Spoken

    • Primary: English

    Locations

    Midwives Clinic
    4033 Talbot Road South, Suite 440
    Renton, WA, 98055
    Phone: 425.656.5321
    Fax: 425.656.5319

    Biography

    Education
    University of Washington - BS Psychology
    Vanderbilt University - MS Nursing with specialty of Nurse-Midwifery

    After living in Tennessee for 3 years, Kirsten returned to beautiful Seattle to be closer to her family. She joined the midwifery group at Valley Medical Center in the fall of 2005 and has loved every minute. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Kirsten thoroughly enjoys all that this area has to offer-from outdoor recreation to life in the city!  Outside of the hospital, she spends her free time with her husband and young son.  She also enjoys running, cooking, reading, and traveling around the world with her family.

    Kirsten feels honored to practice as a midwife and attend women and families throughout their pregnancy, delivery and postpartum experiences. She welcomes all questions and hopes to be a partner in your pregnancy care!

    Other Info

    Gender: Female
    Board Certified: Yes
    Affiliation: Valley Medical Group Providers

  • Deborah Goldman, ARNP

    Deborah C. Goldman

    Specialties

    • Primary: Midwifery

    Languages Spoken

    • Primary: English

    Locations

    Midwives Clinic
    4033 Talbot Road South, Suite 440
    Renton, WA, 98055
    Phone: 425.656.5321
    Fax: 425.656.5319

    Biography

    Deb Goldman, ARNP, MPH has been working as a nurse practitioner with a specialty in women’s health for 25 years. She received both a women’s health nurse practitioner and adult primary care nurse practitioner certificate at Harbor UCLA, a MSN at California State University Long Beach and an MPH at University of Washington, Seattle. Deb loves working as needed with her favorite midwives at the Midwives Clinic at Valley Medical Center. She previously worked for 15 years at Harborview Medical Center in women’s health and has had the opportunity to work in rural Alaska and more recently to travel to other countries such as India, China, Namibia, Uganda and S. Africa to provide women’s health care, and to teach and train nurses and other health care workers. Deb is a passionate advocate for providing all women with access to quality women’s healthcare services.In her spare time Deb enjoys travel, photography, playing marimbas and mbira (thumb piano), hiking, gardening and spending time with her 3 grandchildren.

    Other Info

    Gender: Female
    Board Certified: Yes
    Affiliation: Valley Medical Group Providers

  • Mary Lou Kopas, ARNP, CNM

    Mary Lou Kopas

    Specialties

    • Primary: Midwifery

    Languages Spoken

    • Primary: English

    Locations

    Midwives Clinic
    4033 Talbot Road South, Suite 440
    Renton, WA, 98055
    Phone: 425.656.5321
    Fax: 425.656.5319

    Biography

    Mary Lou Kopas, CNM, has a BA in Biology from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and a BS in Nursing from the University of Washington. She worked as a labor and delivery nurse at UW Medical Center while completing her graduate program in midwifery.  After receiving her Master’s degree in Nursing from the University of Washington, she joined the Midwives Clinic at Valley Medical Center.
     
    Mary Lou is active in the state affiliate of the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) where she currently serves as secretary on the executive committee and member of the publicity committee.  She is also the ACNM representative to the Washington State Perinatal Advisory Committee.

    Mary Lou’s particular interests in midwifery include breastfeeding support, psychosocial challenges in pregnancy, and optimal care strategies for second stage, the pushing phase, of labor. She has presented on physiologic care in the second stage of labor at the regional AWHONN (Association of Women’s Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nursing) conference and at UW Medical Center to obstetric residents. She also serves as a regular lecturer for the western Washington Perinatal Education Consortium (PEC) biannual series.

    Mary Lou is married with two sons.

    Other Info

    Gender: Female
    Board Certified: Yes
    Affiliation: Valley Medical Group Providers

  • Carol Olivier, ARNP, CNM

    Carol Olivier

    Specialties

    • Primary: Midwifery
    • Secondary: Women's Health

    Languages Spoken

    • Primary: English

    Locations

    Midwives Clinic
    4033 Talbot Road South, Suite 440
    Renton, WA, 98055
    Phone: 425.656.5321
    Fax: 425.656.5319

    Biography

    Education
    University of Washington - BS Nursing
    University of Miami - MS Nursing with specialty in Midwifery

    Carol was asked to help a woman in a jeep with childbirth while traveling in Africa. She was 27 years old, very well educated with degrees in psychology, pre-med, and anatomy and physiology, however, did not know at all what to do to help the woman or her baby. From that moment, Carol started the path to become expert in being skilled to help women anywhere in the world with that universal woman experience of childbirth and safe passage.

    Since graduation, Carol has worked with women and birth all over the United States and with people from cultures all over the world. In Tuba City, Arizona, while in the U.S. Public Health Service, she assisted women of Navajo and Hopi descent. In Miami, she worked with and helped women from all over the Caribbean basin, predominately Cuban, Haitian and Latina. In eastern Oregon, Carol started up a rural midwife service which cared for rural residents and migrant farm workers. In upstate New York, she also cared for a rural population. In the Upper Peninsula of michigan, where there was a record 300 inches of snow (!), she had the lovely opportunity to work with the largest population of Scandinavian people in the United States.

    Carol is now back in her beloved Seattle and have been most fortunate to have joined this vibrant midwife group practice caring for the diverse multi-cultural population of South King County. In any one day, The Midwives at VMC may see families from many countries of the world. Carol has kept her promise to herself to care for and help women from everywhere to have a safe, joyful pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering experience.

    Other Info

    Gender: Female
    Board Certified: Yes
    Affiliation: Valley Medical Group Providers

  • Melissa Rubin, ARNP, CNM

    Melissa Rubin

    Specialties

    • Primary: Midwifery
    • Secondary: Women's Health

    Languages Spoken

    • Primary: English

    Locations

    Midwives Clinic
    4033 Talbot Road South, Suite 440
    Renton, WA, 98055
    Phone: 425.656.5321
    Fax: 425.656.5319

    Biography

    Education
    University of Washington - Master, Nursing in Midwifery, 2003
    University of Pennsylvania - BS Nursing, 2000
    University of Iowa - BA Religion and American Studies, 1991

    Melissa did not always know that she wanted to be a nurse midwife, coming to midwifery as a second career. She worked in women's healthcare in many different capacities, particularly in public health, public policy, and international development. Melissa finally found her calling when volunteering as a lay healthcare provider in a free health clinic in Washington, D.C.

    Melissa feels blessed to be a midwife and is continually honored by the privilege of participating in the most personal and profound experiences of pregnancy, labor, and childbirth. She enjoys sharing knowledge with women and their families throughout their pregnancy and their childbearing years. She most especially relishes the opportunity to create trusting relationships that span many years and multiple pregnancies.

    Melissa lives in Seattle with her wonderful family. Her three children were all delivered by nurse-midwives.

    Other Info

    Gender: Female
    Board Certified: Yes
    Affiliation: Valley Medical Group Providers

  • Amy Steers, ARNP, CNM

    Amy Steers

    Specialties

    • Primary: Midwifery
    • Secondary: Women's Health

    Languages Spoken

    • Primary: English

    Locations

    Midwives Clinic
    4033 Talbot Road South, Suite 440
    Renton, WA, 98055
    Phone: 425.656.5321
    Fax: 425.656.5319

    Biography

    Education
    Florida State University - BS, Nursing, 1994
    University of Washington - MS, Nursing, 1999

    Unlike many of her colleagues, Amy says she didn't always know she wanted to be a midwife. It wasn't until nursing school where she saw the different approaches to caring for pregnant and laboring women that she felt drawn to midwifery.

    Amy loves being a midwife. She enjoys sharing knowledge with women and their families, and helping them make the best choices for themselves. She likes supporting and guiding women through the unique, exciting and sometimes scary experience of labor.

    Amy has two fantastic children, both born at home with a midwife. She enjoys lots of family time, travel, and fine cooking.

    Other Info

    Gender: Female
    Affiliation: Valley Medical Group Providers